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Children and the Need for Physical Activity

Children in the U.S. today are less fit than they were a
generation ago and showing early signs of cardiovascular disease such as
weight gain, higher serum cholesterol, and cigarette smoking. Inactive children, when compared with active children, weigh more,
have higher blood pressure and lower levels of heart-protective
high-density lipoproteins. Even though heart attack and stroke are rare
in children, evidence suggests that the process leading to those
conditions begins in childhood. The 1987 National Children and Youth
Fitness Study indicates that at least half of youth don't engage in
physical activity that promotes long-term health and that less than 36
percent of elementary and secondary schools offer daily PE classes and
that most classes were unlikely to foster lifelong physical activity. A fitness testing program sponsored by the Chrysler Fund Amateur
Athletic Union, which tracks fitness among 9.7 million youngsters
between the ages of 6 and 17, shows that children are getting slower in
endurance running and are getting weaker. Since 1980 there has been a
10 percent drop off on scores for distance runs and an 11 percent
decline in youngsters who achieved at least a "satisfactory" score on
the entire test. An estimated 2.1 million adolescents age 12 to 17 are smokers. Nine
million American children under age five live with at least one smoker
and are exposed to second-hand smoke for virtually the whole day. It is
estimated that 3,000 American young people become smokers every day. Children spend an average of 17 hours a week watching TV in addition
to the time they spend on video and computer games. Inactive children
are more likely to become inactive adults. Healthful lifestyle training
should begin in childhood to promote improved cardiovascular health in
adult life. The following good health practices should be promoted among
children:

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